Early adopters

[flat4vw]

Of the people who got a license how many of you shelve HexOS because is not mature enough or you have to go under the hood to achieve what you want?
 

I have shelved it for now as I want more apps to be available. From the single click. 

[Dylan]

Great question!

Because I have limited needs, just a storage device with basic streaming capabilities, I use HexOS on the daily - mainly Plex. However, this is just part of my larger effort to build out a home solution that will eventually replace paid-for services that have increasingly risen is price and are more inclusive of advertisements (I LOATH ads with a perfect hatred).

I am attempting to time my efforts with HexOS maturation. Which is to say as HexOS gains in features, I look to increase my DIY replacement of paid-for services.

I know not everyone has the same timeline, level of effort, risk tolerance etc.. as I do, but that's why I jumped in early.

I keep backups, try to contribute to this community and help where I can to see where this is going.

[MaLiXs]

like Dylan my need are very limited... I was tired of windows and I use my nas as a streaming device and run file sharing app... The only thing I have to go under the hood is to fix a small issue with plex and install qbittorent.  I just want something simple and hexos is pretty much on point on what I need. 

I'm also planning to start over when there is more app offer with the single click option to make it more the "hexos way" to do it 

Edited February 22 by MaLiXs

[jpadgett]

Normally i am in keep up mode between my software and my hardware.  By that I mean i get software that is way to power full for what I am putting it on or it does not have enough ram or Hard Drive space and I am catching up. This time I bought a killer system I am taking the time to get the hardware up. If for what ever reason i have to reinstall that will not be an issue. My Unraid machine i have a docker program called Ripper running on it and I just have to insert a blue-ray and walkaway it rips the movie and ejects for the next. That is letting me build up my Plex system.  I don't run Plex on any of my rack system that will include HexOS it's running on a HP micro Server at my TV.

[Mobius]

My Hexos build is shelved for now as well. 
I think once single drive pools are supported i will start my machine up again.

i'm also saving up to purchase a Jonsbo N5 case after which i can fully setup my nas.

[Mascot]

In the end HexOS turned into more of a TrueNAS installer for me. I don't know if that saved me a ton of time and hassle, or if it was more like an hour worth of following a guide instead, but either way getting up and running was very painless.

After that, I can't think of a thing HexOS has actually fully supported without needing to pop into TrueNAS. Not even the health status in HexOS can be trusted, which is stil baffling to me. I've been saying I feel it was launched very prematurely, and I maintain that. I'm hoping that it was because they desperately needed cashflow, in which case HexOS could turn out well in the end. If, on the other hand, they felt it was in good shape to launch to early adopters, I would be much less optimistic. Time will tell.

I've gotten the NAS to a state where it does the job now, without having done anything to break or confuse HexOS (at least that I can see), so I'm just using it now and seeing what the future brings. It might be HexOS, it might be shedding HexOS and just going pure TrueNAS.

In a sense you could say I've shelved HexOS, because there's no reason for me to ever access its interface. If my boot drive exploded today I would probably just install TrueNAS and recover the pool there instead, because HexOS doesn't even offer a way to backup and restore itself (another baffling "nah, we don't need that before releasing" decision), or even recover an existing pool without at least threatening to wipe it in the process. But, technically, HexOS is still on my server, so there's that.